Legal Opinion
In re Wheat Rail Freight Rate Antitrust Litigation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 17, 1985No. Nos. 84-1383, 84-1449 and 84-1505PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
In this multidistrict antitrust litigation, certain plaintiff shippers of wheat and wheat products appeal from the district court’s order holding the defendant railroads impliedly immune from antitrust liability under the Sherman Act § 1, 15 U.S.C. *1307§ 1 (1976), for allegedly conspiring to fix the price of wheat rail freight rates filed with and approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). 579 F.Supp. 517. We affirm the district court’s finding of implied immunity for the railroads from antitrust liability and uphold the dismissal of the suit.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Keogh v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- MCI Communications Corporation and MCI Telecommunications Corporation v. American Telephone and Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Olympia Equipment Leasing Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Richard Goldwasser, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Ameritech CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Eli Lilly & Co. v. Zenith Goldline Pharmaceuticals, Inc.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 2001
- In the Matter of Wheat Rail Freight Rate Antitrust Litigation. Appeals of Little Crow Milling Co., Inc., Midstate Mills Inc., Dca Food Industries Inc., General Mills, Inc., and the Pillsbury CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Olympia Equipment Leasing Company v. Western Union Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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